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It’s done. I have a running IBM BladeCenter-based Power server environment with a current release of AIX and VIOS. At the beginning I had some problems, but the IBM world was entirely new for me. 😉 But after I get my NIMOL (NIM on Linux) server with VIOS 2.2 image up and running, it was a very easy journey. Wow!

The BladeCenter E management software look and feels very outdated (there are lot’s of improvements with the Advanced Management Module), but when I started the VIOS Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM) I was very suprised. The IVM is easy to use and looks great! 🙂 I uploaded my AIX 7.1 images and setup an optical library. The installation of AIX was straight forward. Compared to Solaris LDoms even a Windows Administrator is able to setup an IBM LPar! The HP Integrity Virtual Machines can be managed thru a Web-based UI, too. But in my opinion IBM did a better job!

After setup of AIX, I tried to install a WPar. I missed a similar UI as IVM, but since AIX 7.1 IBM moves everything to the IBM System Director. So I did all steps with CLI and I did it within few minutes. I’m thrilled! Solaris 10 offers a very good implementation of shell based commands, but AIX too! I played around a little bit with AIX and of course I noticed that AIX is different to other UNIX operating systems. But it’s not a problem. By the way, the JS21 blades with 2,3 GHz PowerPC 970 processor are fast. Everything runs very quick and smooth. That’s nice! I don’t know if the blades can outperform my Sun Fire V480 with UltraSPARC 4+ at 1,5 GHz or my HP Integrity BL860c with 1,4 GHz Itanium2 9120N CPUs. But it doesn’t matter. The main thing is that AIX 7.1 runs fast and I’m able to do several tests with AIX and the IBM Power architecture.

Of course I’mstillveryconfident withHP products, but I will continue my experience with IBM Power and AIX. It’s a very interesting and future-proofed platform. And now enjoy some pictures of my IBM journey.